■■<_- t ■Re oldest paper Rlas largest circulation Best advertising medium It pays the Business Man to Advertise in the Ledger, s Magazine Section. LIFE OF BABY SAVAGE. THE TREATMENT WHICH INDIAN PAPOOSES RECEIVE FROM SQUAW MOTHERS. Indian Redskin Very Seldom Cries-Is Strapped to a Plank, Washed in the Creek and Hung on a Tree to Dry Out. In the Indian papoose child nature is essentially the same as in the Cau casion babe, though there is a strik ing contrast in their manners, due to maternal treatment, or as a student of child nature might say, to environ ment. The chief differences, really, between the little Indian and the little white is that the former is less a cry baby than the latter. The reason for this is that the white baby usually gets what he cries for if it be within moth ers' power to procure it Learning this from experience, for every mother knows how wise and shrewd the baby is, whenever he feels that a certain ar ticle would conduce to his content ment, he forthw...

they point to the necessity of protect tog through wise use a mountain re gion whose influence flows far beyond its borders with the waters of the riyersto which it gives rise. 'Among' the elevations of the eastern half of the United States, the South ern Appalachians are of paramount in terest for geographic, hydrographic, and forest reasons, and, as a conse quence, for economic reasons as well. These great mountains are old in the history of the continent which has gr-Own up about them. The hard wood forests were born on their slopes and have spread thence over the east ern half of the continent More than once in tne remote geologic past they have disappeared before the sea on the east, south, and westj and before the ice on the north; but here in this Southern- Appalachian region they have lived on to the presentjlay. iUnC^r the varying conditions of soil, el vation, and climate many of the Ai rlaehiah tree species have de veloped. Hence it is that in this re gion occv r that mar...

i NEBULA I , The short history of the most re markable Aerial Exploration on rec ord. Secured from and published -with illustrations made of the trip, by cour tesy of The Technical World, Chicago. "Last fall I participated In an experience that for its wonderful phases has never been duplicated." » John Benuett reached for his pipe, filled and lighted it, and then glanced toward me as if to ask it I wlshea to hear what he had to divulge. He Is a very remarkable man, of that rare type fast disappearing. For more than half a century he has made his home in the heart of California's majes tic mountains, and like the "Poet Qf the Sierras," he wears a flowing patriarchal beard., and hair to match, and la himself a student and a poet by nature. I settled myself in my chair with an ap preciative nod, and John Benuett began what is truly a most remarkable story. "I am the oldest graduate of Yale In California," he said; "and I think It was this that brought to the rauch a party of scientist...

A GREAT CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW Perhaps nowhere in the world . can one nnd such a varied and magnin cent collection of chrysanthemums as may be seen every autumn at the Na tion's Capitol. The chrysanthemum shows of Washington have become a fixed institution so that society—diplo matic circles as well— look forward in terestedly for the opening of the gov ernment hothouses which display the finest of Uncle Sam's experiments in this branch of flower growing. THE TWO STAR CHRYSANTHEMUMS. The Mrs, Roosevelt,A Yellow Beauty 10 Inches Across, and the Beatrice May, A Dazzling Wnite BaL. The annual chrysanthemum show of the Department of Agriculture, uu der the auspices of the bureau of plant industry, of which Dr. B. T. Galloway is chief, has just been held in the new greenhouses of the depart ment. The building was one mass of bloom with its several thousand of | plants, representing about 130 diff erent varieties. Many of these are the product of the government's gar deners, artificial pollen...

THE AMADOR LEDGER Published Fridays by R. WEBB - ;"- : • -•'- Editor and Manager ======= SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year (in advance $2 50 Oce year (if not in advance) 3 00 Stx months 1 25 Three months 75 One or more copies, each 5 liegal advertising— per sqr.-lst insertion. $1.00 Subsequent Insertions — per square-each. . 50 ■HTERKD AT THE POSTOFFICB AT JACKSON AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. TTJTC PAPED is kept on file at E. C. lIHS rArEK DAKE'S Advertising Agency, 124 Sanspme St , San Francisco, Cali fornia, where contracts for advertising can be made for it. — , FRIDAY DECEMBERIS, 1905 Law Governing Sixth-Class Cities. We publish in this issue the full text of the law governing municipali ties of the sixth class. A few amend ments have been made since the general law was enacted, tbe principal one being to authorize the trustees to levy 60 cents instead of 50 cents for the general fund, making the maxi mum levy 75 cents on the 8100. Praoticaliy the law as herein printed is complete, and wi...

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15 « I B THE OLDEST PAPER Has largest circulation Best advertising medium It pays the Business Man to Advertise in the Ledger, Magazine Section. GIANT RIVER TUNNELS. TAKE PLACE OF BRIDGES IN CON. NECTING NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK. . -- Completion of Borings Under Hudson River— One of Greatest of Engineer ing Feats. 7- After half a century of speculation on the practicability of tunneling the Hudson river from New Jersey to the island of Manhattan, it is now possi ble to walk dry-shod from Jersey to New York. The twin bores have been completed; that is, they have been cut through and cased in, though of course some finishing touches are yet to be put upon them. It was a few days ago that in the presence of the engi neers, the directors and a dozen re porters, W. G. Oakman, president of the Hudson Companies, split an old brick bulkhead with a hydraulic jack and completed the first Manhattan- Jersey tunnel system. There was a six-inch gap in, the wall. A gang of "ground hogs" rammed the ...

tho ficn! statement of the Commission, which, from the very nature of the case, it has not been possible to complete at this time. I am in full sym- pathy with the general conclusions of the Commission in substance and in essence, and I commend its recommendations to your earnest and favorable consideration. The existing conditions, as set forth in this report, seem to require a radical revision of most of the laws affecting the public domain, if we are to secure the best possible use of the remaining public lands by actual home makers. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House, February 13, 1905. > February 13, 1905.— Read; referred to the Committee on Public lands and .- ■ ■ . ordered to be printed. , . -^ 1. This report Is fcased on a broad general view of the public-land situation, not on specific cases. 2. The present laws are not suited to meet the conditions of the remaining public .domain. 3. The agricultural possibilities of the remaining public domain are nnknown. Provisica s...

FOR NO MAN IS WHOLLY BAD ■: v- WILLIAM REGINALD MACKRILL It, was not Jim Wilson's fault that he was born with a game leg. But it was Jim's fault that the game leg proved his undoing. Reared in all the luxury of southern, affluence before the /war, he had squandered first his in heritance, then a competence earned by shrewd speculation, and, finally, a r'snug ten thousand dollars wrjpg from its rightful owners by a series of tricks that form in themselves a story of human perversity, but are without importance in this account These tricks were the third degree in his career, however, for they landed him behind the bars; and when "Lim py" Wilson returned to his old haunts he fell to the lowest plane. He de veloped into a first-class sneak thl?f, expert in '"lifting" costly wraps ana furs from unoccupied carriages, from theatre boxes and hotel parlors. How he accomplished these slick abstrac tions was more than the average in dividual could. understand. It was his beautiful assurance, ...

FREAKS IN FOOD CONSUMPTION. Consumers the world over, and not alone in the United States, as has of ten been asserted by magazine writ ers are very fastidious in their selec tion of articles of diet. Peculiar as it may seem, this selection is not made with the idea of procuring something which will please the palate or which is nutritious, but more with regard to the effect upon the eye of the ob ject sought. Sometimes, too, there is a hide-bound conception of how a cer tain food should be and noming can break the public of this fancy. The Department of Agriculture, a year or co ago, found that the English peo ple would not purchase a consignment of American sweet potatoes, the sole complaint being, that while the tubers were of good color and satisfactory in every other respect, they were sweet in. taste. The. English conception of how a potato ought to taste was cer tainly a compliment to Irishman. ■ Butter, an article of food supposed to be purchased for food reasons alone, depen...

THE AMADOR LEDGER Published Fridays by R.WEBB ..... Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES:' One year (in advance.. {2 50 . One year (If not In advance) 3 00 Six months ; 1 25 Three months .; 75 One or more copies, each , 5 Legal advertising— per sqr.-lst insertion. $1.00 Subsequent Insertions — per square-each. . 50 BN?KRED AT THE POSTOETICB AT JACKSON AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. ' TIIIC PA PCD ls he P 4 on flle at E. C. inlO JTArntV DAKE'S Advertising Agency, 124 Sansomo St , San Francisco, Call (oralo, where contracts (or advertising can be made for It. FRIDAY DECEMBER 22, 1905 Watch the Figures. Before the election for tbe incor poration -of Jackson was. held the Ledger pubilsbed an article giving an approximate estimate of the revenue and: expenditures of tbe oity government, from our standpoint, assuming tbat tbe most rigid economy would be exercised by the officers concerned..- We published this as a matterof duty, believing tbat stories of the wildest nature were afloat, circulat...

m m ¥' THE OLDEST PAPER Has largest circulation Best advertising medium It pays the Business Man to Advertise in the Ledger. Magazine Section. AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON. SINGER OF SOUTHERN PLANTA TION MELODIES BECOMES FAMOUS IN ENGLAND. to to Sing Old Negro Songs to King and Queen. Has Declined Stage Career, Preferring to Sing the Na tive So-gs of the Southland. : Another charming American girl has set the fashionable world of Lon don by the ears. She has sung her way Into their hearts and taught them the beauty of old plantation melodies until the English capital is fairly ring ing with th,e sound of her praises. This fortunate young woman is Miss Clara Alexander of Memphis, -1 enn., and as pretty and attractive a eirl as ever crossed the water to Old England. She is just now anticipat- J»g her appearance before the King and Queen of England, and when this is accomplished, she will indeed "feel that her success is complete. A little more than a year ago some Interested friend of Miss...

has.been made In each particular ease, be cause to do so controverts the fundamen tal principle of saving the public lands for the home maker. 1 . Each locality should be dealt with on Its own merits. Even if It should ultimately appear that this law has worked beneficially in Nebraska It would by no means follow that such a law might be safely applied to other regions different in topography, soil, and climate. No arbi trary rule should be followed, but In each case the area of the homestead should be determined by the acreage which may be necessary to support a family upon the land, either by agriculture, or by grazing If agriculture Is Impracticable. Until such acreage is determined for each locality, any new general law providing a method of obtaining title to the public lands would, In the opinion of your Commission,. be decidedly unsafe. Lieu Lands. Careful study has been given by your Commission to the subject of forest-reserve lieu-land selections. These selections have give...

SCAT Old Enoch Gray lived in the now almost forgotten .town of Castaway, on the coast of Maine, and his son •"Scot" lired with him. Old Enoch was a grizzled veteran of over seventy years, a relic of the civil war, in which he had done good service as a pilot in the fleets of Du pont and Porter, but was now badly crippled by rheumatism, and the re sults of his fifty years' exposure to the wind and weather in all quarters of the globe. ! He had long been a widower, and the only one left of his numerous children was this son, christened Samuel Carter, now twenty-two years of age, and as long and lank and homely as could be found on the en tire coast. Because Samuel Carter bad a kind of. feline expression and from his earliest babyhood could climb like a cat, anything from the old lib erty pole on shore to the mast of a vessel at sea when the winds were blowing great guns, and because he' had a habit of making a sort of pur ring sound, when about to speak, the children had first nicknam...